Friday, July 15, 2016

Will, Sean, Scott, Heather and James outside the Church where we attended Harvey's Memorial Service

Scott and I returned to Vermont early this year to attend the Memorial Service for our wonderful friend Harvey Crocker Smith. We were friends for 47 years and it's hard to imagine a world without him. He was so loved and will be incredibly missed. His wife Gail, son Colin, daughter Leslie and her husband Rob and his sister Patty were the immediate family. Many friends and other family members spoke movingly about his life and effect on us all. Afterwards Gail had arranged a reception at the Middlebury Inn where we had a chance to visit with so many old friends - many part of "The Ski House Group". A wonderful slide show and photo display chronicled Harvey's career, adventures and times with family and friends. Later many of us continued to visit at their home nearby. It was a very special day.
Our sons Sean and James came up for the weekend along with son-in-law Will. Russ and Marty stayed with us. The boys prepared an amazing Mother's Day Brunch for us all. Then I went down to Maryland to spend time with my wonderful sister Paula. We had lots of fun times and got some needed chores done. I especially enjoyed visiting Paula's synagogue for Friday night service and meeting many of her friends. It was great to have lots of time to catch up on our lives.
Next was the graduation exercises celebrating Will's completion of the M.B.A. program at the Sloan School of Business at M.I.T. Will's father Gary came from Minnesota and we had a tight schedule of events. Will and Sean had made reservations at some great restaurants for the evenings. The first afternoon was the ceremony for the Sloan School graduates at the Wang Center followed by a reception at the top of the Hub. Friday was the huge ceremony for all M.I.T. graduates outdoors in front of the dome. Individual receptions followed at the separate schools. Then Will gave us a fun tour of Hubspot were he begins work in July. Last we had dinner with their friends and parents - great evening!

About us

In 2003 Scott Garren and Heather Shay, after 32 years of life together ashore raising four wonderful children and pursuing lively careers, took off to sail, see the world and meet its people. They are still loving it!